Did they have lube in the 1930s?

[pez]

I have a very bad memory problem for things I'm not interested in, even if they're important. For example, trying to recall what I did for a certain project at work, or recalling the name of someone I've met or talked to on the phone... not happening.

We had a general discussion the other day about fanficcers' obsession with characters going clubbing in leather trousers like that's the only way people dress. Unless they were going to specialist clubs... nah-ah. Have these writers ever gone clubbing before, themselves? Jeans + shirt or t-shirt is what you wear.

Then again, I've read stuff where the guy puts on lube before putting on the condom.

Keep imagining 1930s D1. I blame this on giving_ground.

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[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

Then again, I've read stuff where the guy puts on lube before putting on the condom.

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD really?

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

"There is no way this can possibly go wrong."

[scribblemoose]

It feels nice, apparently. Slippery and such.

Of course, you need lube on the outside as well....

[elyndys.livejournal.com]

Have these writers ever gone clubbing before, themselves?

Welll, some fandoms I've been in have an unexpectedly (??) high proportion of people who like to think of themselves as "alternative". -_- And in the fandom I'm in now, some of the guys are actually pretty likely to wear leather trousers. (Not the guys I like though. Tehy're more likely to wear tartan ponchos or big gay hats.)

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking about trying to dance in the leather (sweating like a pig just walking in leather, not to mention dancing with lots of people) or get out of the leather (not the sexiest thing to do if someone's waiting for you or someone's trying to peel them off you and it's all stinky and wet inside).

I might be applying too much common sense in a world that ignores common sense. XD;;; But I've always preferred realistic stories.

[athena8.livejournal.com]

Most clubs I've been to probably won't let guys in if they are dressed in jeans and tshirt, though I think they're usually more particular about the shoes. But the guys I've seen usually just wear nice slacks...not leather. ;)

[shiroibara.livejournal.com]

If they had any sort of petroleum jelly at the time...despite not being good for condoms it does work as lubricant. And if not, they were bound to have something of a similar consistency. It's not like gay sex magically came into existence with the birth of KY. XD

[solaas.livejournal.com]

Ya, vaseline's been around since about 1870, so that alone should be good for the naughty men. ;) Then there's various types of oils and semi-solid fats... >8) Messy, messy....

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

*nod* I looked up KY and although it's been around long before that time, it was used for surgical stuff and wasn't available OTC until rather late.

Vaseline, hmmmm... it's not water-based, but it'll do the trick. (I always remember reading a description of using petroleum jelly: just imagine having Vaseline on your hands. It doesn't wash off easily. Now imagine having it inside. It just doesn't. go. away. Eck!)

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

XD It's just that petroleum jelly, being oil-based, doesn't wash off easily. It'd be kinda disgusting to have it on the inside... no way to get rid of it.

[mushrooms.livejournal.com]

I'd always put leather into a local context and then cringed. A lot. Because good lord, humidity issues much?